Ku*ril"i*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of
islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of
Kamschatka to Yesso. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of the Kurile
Islands. [Written also Koorilian.]
||Kur"saal` (?), n. [G.] A public hall or room, for the use of visitors
||at watering places and health resorts in Germany.
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Ku`si*man"se (?), n. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus
obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also
kusimansel, and mangue.
Kus"kus (?), [Per. & Hind. khaskhas.] (Bot.) See Vetiver.
Kus"si*er (?), n. (Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow
body covered with skin, over which five strings are stretched. [Written
also kussir.]
Ku*tauss" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The India civet (Viverra zibetha).
Kutch (?), n. (Goldbeating) The packet of vellum leaves in which the
gold is first beaten into thin sheets.
Kutch, n. See Catechu.
Ky (?), n. pl. Kine. [Scot.] See Kee, Kie, and Kine.
Ky`a*bo"ca wood` (?). (Bot.) (a) Amboyna wood. (b) Sandalwood (Santalum
album).
Ky"a*nite (?), n. See Cyanite.
Ky"an*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kyanized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Kyanizing (?).] [From Mr. Kyan, the inventor of the process.] To render
(wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive
sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.
Ky"a*nol (?), n. [See Cyanite.] (Chem.) (a) Aniline. [Obs.] (b) A base
obtained from coal tar. Ure.
Ky*an"o*phyll (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Cyanophyll.
Kyar (?), n. Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See Coir.